If You don't have any supported browser, simply copy the result text from textarea, create manually file playlist.m3u. Then edit it with notepad and paste it. Start and end time params works for VLC player, but whole list without times can be used with any media player. Tool for creating playlists. Online Playlist Creator v 1.3. (all channels and url-address with the new line!): example.m3u.xspf.wpl.pls Azbox. Tool for creating playlists. Online Playlist Creator v 1.3: the names of channels without channel names Your text (all channels and url-address with the new line!): example.m3u.xspf.wpl.pls Azbox Playlist: Authorization: Login: Password: Remember me.

• M3u Playlist Maker
• Iptv M3u Playlist Url

Type the URL for the IPTV liste M3U playlist you want to use in the M3U Play List URL item, then click OK. You’ll find the free IPTV links to Fluxus TV channels listed below in this article. If not done already, hit the Enable button in the PVR IPTV Simple Client dialog before closing it. Thanks to Playlist creator you will be able to create M3U or PLS playlists for all programs which support them (Winamp or Windows Media Player). This is an independent tool and it allows you to choose all the elements you want to include in the list and to choose the playlist format you desire.

Pre-Release

With Channels DVR Server, you can add your own custom channels from any kind of streaming source.

Create custom channels from your IP Cameras, online webcams, or any other streaming sources that provide MPEG-TS or HLS streams. Import channels from your SAT>IP equipment, TVHeadend, or other software that publish M3U playlists and provide streams.

Utilizing M3U playlists, you can feed Channels your own special streaming channels. You can do this with a URL to an M3U list, or by pasting the raw playlist text directly into Channels DVR Server.

Protip: Join our Community to learn, share, and discuss custom channels.

Full Customization for Channels

We’ve added support for custom tags that let your channels look even better inside the app. By using these tags, you can give your custom channel the right title and guide art to really shine inside Channels.

Limitations

M3U playlists are limited to 500 channels. We do not support illegal IPTV sources. Custom Channels are for streams you have legal access to.

EPG data is updated every 24 hours by Channels DVR Server along with the rest of your guide data.

Supported Streaming Formats

Channels supports these video formats and streaming protocols.

• MPEG-TS: http, https, rtsp, and satip
• HLS: http and https

M3U Format

Channels accepts the normal M3U format, but there are a few extra tags you can use to ensure things look great in the app.

Supported Metadata Tags

Standard Tags

This is the list of standard tags that are supported.

• channel-id: REQUIRED unique ID for the channel
• channel-number: display number for the channel
• tvg-logo: channel logo url (4x3 aspect ratio)
• tvg-name: channel callsign

Note: Be sure not to use a channel number that exists in another source’s lineup. Channels will merge them together and use the prioritized channel.

Channels Extensions

We’ve created these new tags that allow you to provide more information to create a better experience in Channels. These are all optional.

Guide Data

Use this tag to set the station identifier and it will automatically get guide data.

• tvc-guide-stationid: Gracenote station id

Guide Data Fallback Tags

If your custom channel has no guide data, you can use these tags to create default guide data to look better in Channels.

• tvc-guide-title: guide item title
• tvc-guide-description: guide item description
• tvc-guide-art: guide item art url (4x3 aspect ratio)

Codec Information Tags

These tags help speed up transcoding.

• tvc-stream-vcodec: stream video codec (h264, mpeg2)
• tvc-stream-acodec: stream audio codec (ac3, aac)

Example M3U Playlist

#EXTM3U

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id='JPCAM' channel-number='750' tvg-logo='https://github.com/fancybits/custom-channels-examples/raw/main/webcams/beach-logo.png' tvg-name='JPCAM' tvc-guide-title='Jennette's Pier' tvc-guide-description='Live beach cam at Jennette's Pier' tvc-guide-art='https://github.com/fancybits/custom-channels-examples/raw/main/webcams/beach-guide.png',JPCAM
https://5a5f765a4fcc2.streamlock.net:1936/live/nh4.stream/playlist.m3u8

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id='PCAM' channel-number='751' tvg-logo='https://github.com/fancybits/custom-channels-examples/raw/main/webcams/platypus-logo.png' tvg-name='PCAM' tvc-guide-title='Platypus Cam' tvc-guide-description='Live platypus cam from the San Diego Zoo.' tvc-guide-art='https://github.com/fancybits/custom-channels-examples/raw/main/webcams/platypus-guide.png',PCAM
https://zssd-platypus.hls.camzonecdn.com/CamzoneStreams/zssd-platypus/Playlist.m3u8

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id='TCAM' channel-number='752' tvg-logo='https://github.com/fancybits/custom-channels-examples/raw/main/webcams/traffic-logo.png' tvg-name='TCAM' tvc-guide-title='Live shot of traffic on the Bay Bridge.' tvc-guide-description='Live shot of Times Square in New York City.' tvc-guide-art='https://github.com/fancybits/custom-channels-examples/raw/main/webcams/traffic-guide.png',TCAM
https://kntvlive-f.akamaihd.net/i/kntvb1_1@15530/master.m3u8

Protip: View more examples on our custom channels examples GitHub repo.

Adding Your M3U Playlist

Add your M3U playlist like you would any other Source.

You need to give the playlist a unique name and specify the stream format. HLS or MPEG-TS. You have two options for adding the M3U playlist content.

Add via Text

You can add an M3U playlist by directly copying its text into the field. You can edit the content at any time.

Add via URL

You can add an M3U playlist by its URL. Enter the URL and Channels will import it. This lets you import an M3U playlist from another source or something hosted elsewhere.

M3u Playlist Maker

SAT>IP

Many SAT>IP devices expose an M3U url using the satip:X_SATIPM3U tag in their XML device description. These URLs vary, but generally look like one of the following:

• http://<SATIP>/desc.xml
• http://<SATIP>:8000/description.xml
• http://<SATIP>/channellist.m3u

If your device does not export M3U, you can generate your own M3U using HTTP or RTSP urls. For example, the ASTRA satellite M3Us can be found on satip.info:

• https://www.satip.info/Playlists/ASTRA_19_2E_logos.m3u
• https://www.satip.info/Playlists/ASTRA_28_2E.m3u

VBox TV Gateway

The VBox TV Gateway offers an M3U at the following URL:

• http://<VBox IP>:55555/vboxSimpleIptv.m3u8

For details, see their documentation.

TVHeadend

TVHeadend offers an M3U at the following URL:

• http://<TVH IP>:9981/playlist/channels.m3u

NextPVR

NextPVR offers an M3U at the following URL:

• http://<NPVR IP>:8866/service?method=channel.m3u

FRITZ!Box

The AVM FRITZ!Box offers an M3U at the following URLs:

• http://fritz.box/dvb/m3u/tvhd.m3u
• http://fritz.box/dvb/m3u/tvsd.m3u

Protips

Here’s some tips and tricks for making guide data for your custom channels work better with Channels.

Movies

Channels needs to know that a guide item is a movie or not. This isn’t just important for guide presentation. Channels won’t categorize your recording as a movie unless it knows that it is a movie.

In your XMLTV, make sure your movie airing has a category set to Movie

Guide Filters

The On Now and Guide sections in Channels allow you to filter your channels based on the currently playing content. This is based on specific genre names. Apply the correct genre names to your guide items to support filtering in Channels.

The following maps what genre names you should use for each filter category.

• Kids: Children
• News: News
• Sports: Sports
• Drama: Drama

Guide Item Art

Channels uses placard style art (4:3 aspect) for TV shows and poster style art (2:3 aspect) for movies. Channels expects these sizes and your guide item art may look wrong unless you provide images with the correct aspect.

TV Show

Movie

Group TV Shows

Channels requires a unique identifier in order to group your guide items together as a single TV show. This is most important when it comes to recording these airings. Without a unique ID to identify recordings of airings, Channels can not group them together as a single TV show in your library.

Add a series-id tag to your guide airing to uniquely identify the show.

Uniquely Identify Airings

Channels requires guide airings to have unique identifiers in order to be recorded. Without an identifier, each airing looks the same according to Channels. Without being able to uniquely identify individual airings of a show, Channels will think each airing is the same and will only record it once.

Channels needs a combination of a unique series identifier and a unique episode identifier.

Additionally, you can use this format, S02E10, for episode-num to set the season and episode number of a guide airing. This will both serve as a unique identifier and also seed Season and Episode number data to Channels.

“How can I create an M3U playlist? Am I able to create M3U playlist ever to watch my favorite video streams? Please show me some detailed operation steps to create M3U playlist.”

An m3u playlist is a list of IPTV channels contained in an m3u file format and usually provided by an IPTV service provider. Users can use this playlist to watch their favorite channels online on their preferred devices like TV, computer, smartphones, and tablets. The m3u file can be used using a media player particularly VLC player.

The m3u file contains a list of channels as well as connection information of each channel such as the name of the channel, channel ID, and direct channel address on the server. You could play back M3U playlist with VLC media player, PotPlayer, Windows Media Player, etc.

The media player processes the m3u file or URL and shows you the channel list. You can select a channel to watch. Once you select the channel, the player will send a request to the server and the server in return send packets that are converted into images on your device and you will be able to watch the channel live.

Then, how to create M3U playlist? The basic method to create an m3u playlist is to create a .txt file onto your computer, which you edit with Notepad (or your preferred text editor). In this file you will add, one by one, paths to songs, movies, channels, or video clips you want.

The m3u playlist is just a file that contains the index entries to each individual item in it, but it’s not a real audio/video file. Each file path should contain a 2-line description that points to the online source. The syntax of the source should look like this:

#EXTINF:-1, Pro Sport 2
http://185.65.30.452:1223/Tv4243

The number following the “#EXTINF” section is the audio length in seconds. If the audio is being streamed online and no length is set, then you will see -1. And the m3u URL is the relative path of m3u file.

You can drag& drop audio/video files from your computer into the m3u playlist, and then import it to your device using a preferred app or media player that supports m3u file format.

This guide would show you 4 different tools to help you create M3U playlist on your computer.

Part 1. How to Create M3U Playlist on VLC

The well-known VLC media player has many useful features. You could convert DVD, video & audio with VLC, merge videos with VLC, edit media files with VLC media player, as well as use VLC to play some rare files. You can also use VLC to create playlist in M3U, M3U8, XSPF, etc.

If you want to create an M3U playlist with VLC media player but have no idea how to do it? You could check the below steps:

1. Open VLC media player. If you haven't installed this program, visit the link and download the compatible version for your computer:
2. Click on 'View' on the toolbar and choose 'Playlist'. You can also press Ctrl+L to open the playlist window quickly.
3. Right-click on the playlist window, select 'add files…' or 'add folder…' and import audio files or a folder from your computer into VLC. Or you can drag and drop the target files or folder to the window. The drag-and-drop mode also applies to rearranging the orders of audio files.
4. When you play the M3U file with VLC next time, VLC will queue the audio files as you have arranged.
5. Select 'Media' on the upper-right corner or click the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Y, choose 'Save Playlist to File', specify the output path, rename the file and save the type as M3U playlist.
6. Finally, click on the 'Save' button to create M3U file.

The process will be finished at once. You can check the generated M3U files in the output folder you specified just now.

Part 2. How to Create M3U Playlist with Windows Media Player

If you are using Windows 7 or an older version, you can also use Windows Media Player to create M3U playlist. Windows Media Player 12 can also save M3U files instead the program's default format, WPL. Therefore, you only need to download and install Windows Media Player 12 on your computer and then try to make an M3U playlist with Windows Media Player.

After installing Windows Media Player on your computer, follow the below steps to learn how to create M3U playlist with Windows Media Player in detail:

1. Create a new folder on your PC and put all audio files into it.
2. Then drag the folder into the Unsaved List section of Windows Media Player.
3. You can drag each audio file up and down to shift the order.
4. Click on the drop-down menu and select 'Save list as…' to create M3U playlist.
5. Rename the file, and choose the output format as M3U.
6. After that, click on 'Save' to create M3U file. The default output path is My Music > Playlist. You can define a new output path as well.

Now you have successfully created M3U playlist with Windows Media Player. It won’t take you long to get the M3U playlist.

Part 3. How to Create M3U Playlist in iTunes

iTunes is not only an iOS data manager center that could help you sync iOS devices and play back/purchase media files, but also an M3U playlist creator that enables you to make M3U playlist easily. After you accumulate audio and video files in your iTunes library, you can sort them into playlists. For example, you arrange videos by the date you added them to the iTunes library, or you make a playlist of road trip songs. You can create an M3U file, which is a text file of a playlist or library that retains the way you have ordered your files.

You could then follow the below steps to learn how to make M3U playlist within iTunes on your computer:

Isn’t it easy to create M3U playlist with iTunes? Just take a try to see whether it’s easy or not.

Part 4. How to Create M3U Playlist for IPTV

Some people want to create M3U playlist for IPTV. Actually, you can use the above method to create your own m3u playlist for IPTV streaming. Alternatively, there are many sources where you can find pre-defined m3u playlists with TV channels and shows, like GitHub, for instance. Most playlists are free, but they sometimes expire after a while. But once you sync the list with your device, you have permanent access.

Then to stream IPTV, you need to use a multimedia player that supports the M3U file type. Depending on the device you’re using there are dedicated apps that you can find you Apple Store or Google Store, such as TV Streams, IPTV, or Smart IPTV. You could follow the below steps to stream M3U playlist

1. Drag and drop downloaded or your self-created IPTV VLC playlist to Media Library to save it there;
2. Click on the VLC IPTV playlist drop-down menu and choose a channel like 'ABC 7 WWSB' to start streaming.

You can not only create M3U playlists but also play the files with VLC, Windows Media Player, and iTunes. Please note that, if the M3U playlist points to the audio files on your local device, you can't play it on other devices since the media player can't find the file path.

However, if the M3U file points to a stream online, you can easily play and even share it when connected to WiFi or cellular network. Last but not least, M3U files are plain text files so it's impossible to convert M3U to a playable MP3 or MP4 media file. Of course, you can open an M3U file with Notepad and find the original path of the actual file, which should be like:

'#EXTINF:300,Nicki Minaj - Barbie Dreams-NA_mp4_Output_3.mp3
file:///D:/music/Nicki%20Minaj%20-%20Barbie%20Dreams-NA_mp4_Output_3.mp3'

Iptv M3u Playlist Url

In this example, file:///D:/music/ is the original location of the audio file. Once you find the audio file, you can convert it to any media format with a converter like Leawo Video Converter, a professional video converter that could help you convert video and audio files between hundreds of video and audio file formats for various media players and mobile devices.